Asia Cup 2023: India-Pakistan Group A encounter in Pallekele washed out due to rain
India captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and elected to bat under overcast conditions on a two-paced wicket
India, however, suffered yet another top-order collapse, crumbling to 66/4 with with Shaheen Afridi removing both Rohit and Virat Kohli
Ishan Kishan and Hardik Pandya came to India’s rescue with a solid 138-run partnership for the fifth wicket
Both Ishan Kishan (82) and Hardik Pandya (87) also brought up their half-centuries along the way, Kishan scoring his fourth fifty in a row
The Kishan-Pandya partnership was eventually broken by Haris Rauf, who would finish with figures of 3/58
Also collecting three wickets was Naseem Shah (3/36) who polished off the Indian tail to help bowl them out for 266
Afridi finished the pick of the Pakistani bowlers with 4/35, dismissing Pandya and Ravindra Jadeja in his second spell
Jasprit Bumrah highlighted his ability to contribute valuable runs lower down the order with a knock of 16 that contained three fours
The match, though, was eventually called off thanks to incessant rain with Pakistani batters not facing even a single delivery
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